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In the news..
Today is brought to you by the letter D for dementia and the number 640, which is the total numbered sessions this year. Between Program layout and the elderly insanity and related administrativa, paperwork, health aides and mounting bills I’ve been out of energy, out of “free” time, and out of my mind.
I have been quitely collecting links even though I’ve not had time for bloggy things, otherwise. I’ll include a couple of interesting US archaeological bits, too: Archaeologists Find ‘Unusual’ Indian Burial Site In Downtown Miami
Evidence suggests slavery at African burial ground
Tomb of ancient coin collector unearthed
Archeologists Unearth 1,300 Skeletons
Hair-gelled Celt may have been sacrificed (couldn’t have smelled worse than some of the stuff in the 80s!)
Medieval Irish warlord boasts three million descendants Talk about being top of your game!
Archaeological dig unearths ‘exciting’ medieval treasure
Music professor unravels mysteries of early music
Archaeologists find tomb under Roman Forum
Experts prepare excavation on Greek island: British and Greek archaeologists are preparing a major excavation on a tiny Greek island to try to explain why it produced history’s largest collection of Cycladic flat-faced marble figurines.
Medieval And Modern Thought Text Digitization Project; Stanford University
This just came through a listserv I read, so I’m keepting the information moving:
A Venue for Historical Scholarship
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History is published annually by AMS Press (New York) under the auspices of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). Beginning with Volume 4, 3rd series (2006), the editors are Roger Dahood and Peter E. Medine.
We seek submissions on all aspects of medieval and early modern history and invite interpretive essays, historiographical essays, translations, commentaries on texts, and research notes. Submissions are reviewed year-round. Submissions should follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (2003) but omit names of book publishers from citations.
Pictures should be clear photocopies. When an article is accepted authors will be expected to provide 5 x 7 or 8.5 x 11 black-and-white glossy photographs and all necessary permissions. Digital images in .tif or .eps format are acceptable in place of glossy photographs.
Authors should submit two copies of their essays: one in an .rtf file to [email protected], the other on paper to
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Arizona State University P.O. Box 874402 Tempe, AZ 857287-4402
